Saturday, July 18, 2009

You would think that with all or the porn and nudity available on the internet that peephole videos would lose some of their appeal: that seems not to be the case as Erin Andrews is finding out.

Seriously, why would anyone try to film a nude (or semi-nude, reports are conflicting) sports broadcaster through a peephole in a hotel when there's a vast industry, worth billions upon billions of dollars, devoted to bringing us naked adults in every possible position, perversion and combination of them?

But that's exactly what has been done, there's an Erin Andrews peephole video out there, taken when she was changing/doing her hair/putting on make up in a hotel room. No one knows as yet who did the filming but Erin Andrews' lawyers have been quick off the mark in making the original posting website take it off the 'net. The statement is as follows:

"While alone in the privacy of her hotel room, Erin Andrews was surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent. She was the victim of a crime and is taking action to protect herself and help ensure that others are not similarly violated in the future. Although the perpetrator or perpetrators of this criminal act have not yet been identified, when they are identified she intends to bring both civil and criminal charges against them and against anyone who has published the material. We request respect of Erin's privacy at this time, while she and her representatives are working with the authorities."

The video might still be available in the Google Cache when you read this or it might have been cleaned out of it (Google is pretty good at clearing out the cache when things like this happen) but why bother going looking for it? If nudity is what you want there's enough people out there getting paid for it, good grief, there's hundreds of thousands offering it for free. Why try to peek at those , like Erin Andrews and this silly little peephole video, who would really rather that you didn't?